Olivia St. Denis supports all aspects of RAP’s grant and contract relationships, including research, cultivation, proposals and reporting.
Before joining RAP in 2022, St. Denis was the director of annual giving at the State University of New York at Potsdam. She helped grow the program’s impact by increasing donation and participation rates in yearly fundraising campaigns among the college’s alumni and stakeholders.
Olivia St. Denis began her nonprofit career with service in the AmeriCorps VISTA program at Colorado Nonprofit Development Center, a fiscal sponsor organization specializing in nonprofit program and risk management, fundraising and accounting. During her time at the Colorado center, she also developed and submitted grant proposals for various Denver-based organizations focused on increasing access to healthy foods through community garden projects.
St. Denis earned a bachelor’s degree in magazine journalism from the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University in New York state.
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What does a day at RAP look like for you?
Managing grant proposal and report submissions, including writing, editing and proofreading; attending webinars and trainings on grants management and development areas; attending internal development meetings; developing or updating pitch and relationship-building materials; shaping stories of RAP's work and impact.
What is something you’ve read/watched/listened to that made you think?
"Debt: The First 5,000 Years" by David Graeber
What is something special about your community?
I live in New York's Adirondack Park, the largest publicly protected area in the contiguous United States. At more than six million acres in size, Adirondack Park is larger than Yellowstone, Everglades, Glacier, and Grand Canyon National Parks combined.